Is this worse than death?
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Is this worse than death?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ious-along.html
Cliffs Notes: Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious
I cannot imagine what this guy went through. At least he'll get a sweet book deal, right?
Cliffs Notes: Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was conscious
I cannot imagine what this guy went through. At least he'll get a sweet book deal, right?
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Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,Nov 23 2009, 09:17 AM
i thought they could tell by brain activity if someone was 'awake' or not... even if they couldn't move or anything...
maybe i've just been watching too many medical tv shows.
maybe i've just been watching too many medical tv shows.
Should have got House on the job. He would think about the case a bit, listen to some music and all of a sudden say "Hey, we should put the patient inside a piano!" and bingo, he's cured.
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Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,Nov 23 2009, 07:17 AM
i thought they could tell by brain activity if someone was 'awake' or not... even if they couldn't move or anything...
maybe i've just been watching too many medical tv shows.
maybe i've just been watching too many medical tv shows.
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That must have been hell, at least he's out of it now.
This guy might have wished he were dead if he could even remember what was going on:
Basically drank part of his brain dead ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillary_bodies ) so as he ages he still believes it is 1945 and he is 20 some years old. In the book that this is from, Oliver Sacks puts a mirror up to the guys face and he loses it, thinks he's playing a trick on him... and then he forgets... and that's his life...
This guy might have wished he were dead if he could even remember what was going on:
"The Lost Mariner", about Jimmie G., who has lost the ability to form new memories due to Korsakoff's syndrome. He can remember nothing of his life since the end of WWII, including events that happened only a few minutes ago. He believes it is still 1945 (in the late 70s and early 80s), and seems to behave as a normal, intelligent young man aside from his inability to remember most of his past and the events of his day-to-day life. He struggles to find meaning, satisfaction, and happiness in the midst of constantly forgetting what he is doing from one moment to the next.
